Riyad as-Salihin, 219
Umm Salamah (May Allah bepleased with her) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Verily, I am only a human and the claimants bring to me (their disputes); perhaps some of them are more eloquent than others. I judge according to what I hear from them). So, he whom I, by my judgment, (give the undue share) out of the right of a Muslim, I in fact give him a portion of (Hell) Fire". <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.
وعن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
إنما أنا بشر، وإنكم تختصمون إلي، ولعل بعضكم أن يكون ألحن بحجته من بعض، فأقضي له بنحو ما أسمع ، فمن قضيت له بحق أخيه فإنما أقطع له قطعة من النار
((متفق عليه))
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 219
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) A severe punishment is promised to those who devour others’ rights out of injustice and transgression.<br>
2) The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is a human who does not know the Unseen. Therefore, it is impermissible for Muslims to supplicate him or ask him to remove harm or bring good, since doing this contradicts the testimony of monotheism (Tawhid). This is because Allah Almighty alone knows the Unseen, so Muslims ask Him alone for bringing good and warding off evil.<br>
3) The judgment of the ruler or a judge does not make permissible what is originally impermissible, nor does it make impermissible what is originally permissible.<br>
4) A judge or ruler must not issue a judgment until he listens to the both litigants equally.